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HEBLING MACHINE.

No. 315,971. Patented Apr. 14, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rrrcn.

HENRIE D.- STONE, OF BOSTON, AND ARTEMAS O. AMBLER, OF NATIOK, MAS- SAOHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO THE ADAMS MANUFAOTURIXG COMPANY,

or PORTLAND, MAINE.

HEELlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,971, dated April 14, 1885.

Application filed March 22, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that we,.1'lnNRIE D. Scions, of Boston, SuEfolk county, and ARTEMAS 0. AM BLER, of Natick, Middlesex county, State of Hassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Heeling-Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

In this our improved heeling-machine the boot or shoe ready to receive the heel is placed upon or over the upper end of a reciprocating jointed post and spindle carrying the awls which are to prick the sole and heel blank, the

1 post at such time being inclined toward the operator. In this condition, the sole being uppermost, the heel-blank, composed of lifts properly assembled and held together by one or more nails, is laid upon the heel end of the sole and the blank'is then preferably confined in place on the sole by one or more nails before the machine is started. The post referred to has a plate attached to it, which is provided with tubes to admit the passage of and guide the awls through the plate, the upper ends of the said tubes being made conical to countersink the innersole where it is entered by the awls, so as to guide the points of the staples or fastenings to be subsequently driven This plate is also provided with two or more pointed spurs to indent the inner sole, so as to correctly register the boot or shoe when placed on. the second post (to be described) when the staples or fastenings are to be driven into the awl-holes. The

shoe and heel blank having been placed on the post, as described, the post is moved into vertical position and the machine started, when cams act against a crosshead and lift the post 0 until the heel comes in contact with a corrugator-plate held down by means of a spring and provided with heel-corrugating devices pivoted thereon and adapted, as the spring is compressed by the upward movement of the 5 plate, to force the corrugations against the edges of and corrugate theheel-lifts. The cams are so set that the post comes to a rest while the continued rotation ofacrank located between the cams acts to lift the spindle. and force 'theawls through the inner sole, outer sole,

and heel, and after the awls are withdrawn the crosshead is moved down and the boot or shoe removed is placed on a second post and spindle. The top of' the second post has fastened to it a block provided with grooved guides or fingers extended upward and fastened at the top to a plate provided with conical pointed spurs to enter the holes made by the spurs of the plate of the first post to thus register the boot or shoe over the points of the staples or fastenings. This post is pivoted to a cross-head and is moved upward in the same manner as the first post,a'nd as the heel comes in contact with the heel-plate the spring is compressed and'the heel is clamped or held tight between the top of the post and the plate. The parts having been clamped together the further rotation of a shaft causes the spindle in the said post to rise, so that a plate connected with its upper end and provided with pro- Figurel is afront elevation, partially in section, of a heeling-niachine embodying our in- I vention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the post, cross-head to which it is attached, and the spindle, and its awl-carriage and awls to simultaneously prick the soles and heel Fig. 3,

atop view of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a side view of the upper end only of the driving apparatus; Fig. 5, a top view of Fig. 4C; 6, a partial section of the lower part of Fig. l at the left of the line as, merely to show the gears B and 0 A and their shafts; Fig. 7, a sectional detail, on a larger scale, of the plate D; and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the awl and awl holder or carriage.

. The frame-work A, of suitable shape to prop- 5 erly sustain the working parts, has a main driving-shaft, A, provided with two like gears, A and having two fiy-wheels, A The substantially such as represented in United StatesPatent No. 169,394, under the control gaged.

of a treadle, so that the shafts B 0 may be started when desired, and be rotated once, when the clutch will be automatically disen- The particular mechanism of this clutch is not herein specifically illustrated, as

it is not of our invention, and instead of it any other usual clutch mechanism having means by which to disengage the same after one rotation may be employed.

The shafts B and O are provided about midway their length with cranks, and have respectively two cams, D D and E E, the cranks being located between each pair of cams. The cams D act upon suitable rollers. or projectiens of a cross-head, D, fitted to slide in ways D attached to the framework by bolts 3, the

, upper end of the said cross-head having j ointed to it by suitable pins, 8, the forked lower end of a post, D the upper end of which is provided with a detachable plate, D, to rest against the interior of the inner sole of the boot or shoe, the said plate being provided with holes for the reception of conical-pointed steel-tubes 4, through which the awls d are projected, and with spurs 5 to enter the inner sole of the boot or shoe to hold it in place and provide registeringholes to co-operate with like studs, 23, in the plate 22 at the top of the post The plate D is connected with the post D by means of a dovetail spline, as at 6, Fig. 1, and the conical] y-projecting upper ends of the said steel tubes (see Fig. 7) enter the inner sole to form counter-sinks to facilitate the subsequent ready entranceof the staples into' the holes made by theawls. The plate Dmay be removed, and oneof another size substituted for it, according to the work being done.

The post D has a bracket, 6, bolted to it, which is provided with a screw, 6, the end of, which acts against the lug e fitted to the carriageD, the said screw determining the vertical position of the post D, the toes l0 12*determini'ng the extent to which the post may be turned forward toward the operator to apply or remove a boot or shoe therefrom.

The crank B of the short shaft B receives, about it the box forming part of the lower end of the link f, its upper end being forked and pin-jointed to the lower end of'the spindle f, provided at its upper end with a head, 1", and taking bearings in the post D The'head f isgrooved, as shown at 13 by dotted lines, Fig. 2, to receive the awl-holder dflmade as a U-shaped carriage, and adapted to slide into the groove 13 of the said head.

The awl-holder may be changed for one of another size.

The boot or shoe having been placed upon the post D in its lowest position, (see Figs. 1

and 2,) and the heel, with its lifts tempora-' rily held together, having been tacked on the sole, the shaft B will be started, and the cams D will raise the cross-head D and the post and plate D until the outer end of the heel meets the corrugator-plate g at the lower end of a stud, g, acted upon by a spring, 9 This post, as it rises, lifts the plate 9 and compresses the spring 9, and the upper ends of the heel-edge corrugators g pivoted at 15 on ears of the plate 9, act against and are turned about their pivots by the beveled lower .end of the sleeve 9, made adjustable vertically by means of a screw, 9 to thus adapt the position of the plate 9 to heels of different thickness. The heel-edge corrugators are corrugated at their faces to come in contact with and indent the edges of the heel-lifts at different points, thus intermingling the edge fibers of one lift with those of the lift next to it across the joint between, them, as does the peen orbeak of a ham mer when employed for such purpose and used by hand. As soon as the post'has been moved sufficiently to hold the heel in place and force it and the plate 9 up, as described, the crank B which has in the meantime kept up its rotation, commences to move the spindle f, while the post D owing to the shape of cams D, remains at rest, sothat the said spinis substantially like post D but attached to a cross-head, F, which slides in ways F under the action of the cams E on the short shaft G, which is adapted, as described of shaft B, to be rotated once and then to be automatically stopped by the clutch-collars c c.

The shaft 0 has a crank, G, which is embraced by the box formed at the end of the TOO link h, pin-jointed to the spindle h, composed of two parts adjustably connected by means of a right and left threaded coupling, h and placed in bearings on the post F.

The spindle f is provided with a like coupling. (Shown in dotted lines.) The upper end of post F is provided with a block, 18, suitably attached to it and having extended upwardfrom it a series of staple or fastenin-greceiving and directing guides or fingers, 19, grooved, as at 20, (see Figs. 4 and 5,) to receive the staples or fastenings to be driven into the holes previously made in the sole and heel, one of such staples with corrugated legs being shown in Fig. 4., The upper ends of the finger 19are steadied and kept at the proper distance apart by the plate 22, held in place by the screws 24, passed through the said fingers and into the edges of the said plate, the plate having spurs 23 to enter the registering-holes made in the inner sole by the spurs 5, thus bringing the holes made by the awls into register with the legs of the staples.

The spindle h is passed up through the block 18, and has attached to it a head or driver, m, (see Figs. 1 and 4,) projections from which enter the-spaces between the fin gers 19, so as to act upon the heads or connected ends of the staples or fastenings 8, held between the said fingers and guided by the grooves 20 therein.

The staples or fastenings 20 are placed between the fingers 19,or,.as they may be called, guides, while the post and driver-spindle are in the position, Fig. 1, when the boot or shoe, with its sole and heel pricked, as described, will be placed upon the post F, and the latter will be lifted by the action of the cams E on the crosshead F until the boot or shoe heel is clamped between the plate 18 and the heel-plate n, attached to the rod it, placed in the opening at the lower end of the adjustable sleeve of, against a spring, a The rods ,7 and n are each grooved, as shown by rod a, to receive the conical point of a screw, 24, as shown, screwed into the sleeve 9*.

The heel having been clamped,as described, the crank G will commence to act and will move the spindle h and driver m, while the post F remains at rest, the driver forcing the staples into and through the holes previously made in the sole and heel, and thereafter both the spindle and post are lowered, and the boot or shoe is removed with its heel attached, the

corrugated legs of the staples acting to hold the heel firmly in place.

We claim- 1. The corrugatorplate g, and the post provided at top with the plate I), and the spindle and detachable awl holder or carriage moved by it, combined with means for reciprocating the said post and spindle, substantially as described.

2. The corrugator-plate g, and sleeve to hold it, and heel-lift corrugators, combined with the post to receive the boot or shoe and force its heel against the corrugator-plate to have the edges of the lifts corrugated or indented, as described.

3. The carriage and post pivoted to it, the perforated plate carried by the post, and the jointed spindlehaving its bearings in the post, and awl holder or carriage, combined with means, substantially as described, to operate the said post and spindle.

4. In a heeling-machine, the post and attached perforated plate provided with conical projections concentric with the said perforations to countersink the inner sole where the awls enter and pass through the same, substantially as described.

5. In a heeling-machine, a post to receive the boot or shoe, and a plate thereon provided with projecting conical pointed steel tubes to not only act as guides for the awls, but also prevent lateral movement of the sole on the said plate and post when being pricked and also form registerholes to enable the boot or shoe to be correctly placed in position with relation to the staple or fastening holes of a second plate on a second post through which the latter are driven into the sole and heel, substantially as described.

6. The post F and its attached staple or fastening guides 19, and plate 22, the heel-plate, combined with the driver-spindle and driver to act upon and drive the staples from between the said guides into and through the holes in the sole and heel, substantially as described.

7. The post F, its attached staple-guides, the plate 22, provided with the register-spurs 2-3, and the heel-plate 12, combined with the driver-spindle and its driver, to operate substantially as described.

8. In a heeling-machine, corrugators, substantially as described, to corrugate the heel across its lifts, substantially as described.

9. In a heeling-machine, the heel-plate a, and the supportingplate 22 for the sole, and

the staple-guides 19, combined with the driverplate and its attached drivers to act upon the crowns of the staples and force them through the sole from its inner side and intothe heel, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRIE D. sronn. ARIEHAS o. AMBLER.

\Vitnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, W. H. Sresron. 

